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- ↑ McCrum, Robert; Robert MacNeil; William Cran (1986). The Story of English . New York: Viking. ISBN 0-670-80467-3.
- ↑ ISBN 0-14-015405-1 and ISBN 0-14-200231-3
- ↑ The Story of English at IMDb
- ↑ "Primetime Emmy Award Database - The Story of English". Emmys.com. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
- ↑ The Story of English Video Series - contents listing, including timecode descriptions at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
- ↑ ENG 121: The Story of English — a Northern Arizona University course using The Story of English as its base.
- ↑ "Open Syllabus Project - Story of English". galaxy.opensyllabus.org. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
